It's not a great situation to be fair. Unless you have seen into the future and 9 players are signed and ready to not waste another year in the life of an Evertonian?
Patterson is not Championship level, never mind top flight. He lacks any sense of positioning, never has a clue what's happening around him. Really poor footballer.
I think he is a player massively on the decline and other clubs see it too. An English centre forward, on a free and very little takers.
He's rubbish in front of goal, but even the other parts of his game have become poor.